Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008
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Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008
 
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Good Evening,
Both nets this evening were well attended. So well, in fact, that it was difficult to hear beyond the wall of sound. Thus the later calls were worked first simply because I could make out a letter or two! I truly hear a solid tone with no modulation so there is no way I can copy anything. It is gratifying and frustrating at the same time :) There were also a number of folks who disappeared as I called them. I know I heard BEH three times but never got a response. There was a 9V but Mike was worked later by Tom. JP got called but no response from Steve either. Another was OP, of whom I have no clue. I read the sun was acting up and between nets read about aurora in Scandinavia. Thus our conditions seem to have improved through the action of the sun. Now that we are starting upward again that will occur more frequently. I am glad of that since working through the very bottom of the cycle was getting tiring! The weather was wonderful today. I got recharged by seeing the sun and feeling a warm day. It got to near 50 degrees and most of the snow has vanished. Only in the shade is there a little over four inches. Now to get a little cutting in while the weather is good for it. I like to be ahead of the woodpile in case there is a cold snap later in the season. Plus I have to burn a little wood each month of the year. During the summer I can go a few weeks without heat but usually have at least one or two fires a month during July and August. June is normally cold here so having fires is normal. The valley people think I am a little strange. But, then, they live where they can see and hear their neighbors; how odd! On to the lists => On 14049.25 kHz at 2300z: K9DMV - Joe - IL - K2 - 5628 K5BGB - Rod - TX - K2 - 1126 W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K1 - 2320 W6SU - John - CA - K2 - 228 QNI #5 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 W0JFR - John - CO - K2 - 4507 W6JD - Doug - CA - K2 - 1626 N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008 K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 0021 K7TQ - Randy - ID - K2 - 213 KS7D - Mike - FL - K3 - 118 AB9V - Mike - IN - K2 - 3993 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 On 7045 kHz at 0100z: W0JFR - John - CO - K2 - 4507 W6ZH - Pete - CA - K2 - 5138 W0RSR - Mike - CO - K1 - 2320 N0SS - Tom - MO - K3 - 008 KL7CW - Rick - AK - KX1 - 798 * QNI #110 * W0CZ - Ken - ND - K2 - 1031 N7KRT - Jeff - NV - K2 - 5471 QNI #40!!! K9ZTV - Kent - MO - K3 - 0021 K1THP - Dave - CT - K2 - 3942 W6SU - John - CA - K2 - 228 N2YC - John - NY - K2 - 5949 K7TQ - Randy - ID - K2 - 213 K7CN - Mike - NH (?) - K2 - 5569 KS7D - Mike - FL - K3 - 118 AE6GC - Jack - CA - KX1 - 1403 K9DMV - Joe - IL - K2 - 5628 QNI #15!! WL7WH - Bob - AK Now that the moon has set and the sky has cleared I am going to find Comet Holmes (near Algol). This is the longest I have ever been able to see a comet! The sky was hazy earlier but the moon was up so it would not have been easy to find a comet anyway. Now I'll get the chance. Hopefully I got all the information correct. I do have a question about K7CN though: New Hampshire or Oregon? The signal would have sounded much the same to me here so I cannot tell. I think I got everyone's serial number correct since a few of you were running different rigs than normal. Then there was Pete running QRP on his K2 to keep me on my toes. The signal from him was excellent so copy was no problem whatsoever. The duct to Alaska was as good as ever with Rick bringing along another to join us. Please stay warm and safe so I can hear you all again next week, 73, Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Last week's sunspot from the next cycle does indeed show the start of the next cycle, but you won't see any real improvement until 2010 at the earliest, maybe later. That was a single spot, later ones were still from the last cycle. The sunspot number at the moment is zero, conditions basically flat, yesterday's disturbance not caused by spots at all. Any feeling that you had good conditions was just in the mind... 73 Dave G3YMC |
Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008
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In reply to this post by Kevin Rock
I gauge the conditions by the signal reports I receive from all the stations I work. It is not guess work. It is solid fact from what is occuring on the air. I use the same radio and the same antenna to glean these results. Conditions were better for the two nets today than they have been in some time. The sun threw a coronal mass ejection at us which caused aurorae. This makes the ionosphere better for propagation. Simple physics nothing magical.
Kevin. KD5ONS -----Original Message----- >From: G3YMC <[hidden email]> >Sent: Jan 14, 2008 2:28 AM >To: [hidden email] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008 > > > > >Kevin Rock wrote: >> >> I read the sun was acting up and between nets read about aurora in >> Scandinavia. Thus our conditions seem to have improved through the action >> of the sun. Now that we are starting upward again that will occur more >> frequently. I am glad of that since working through the very bottom of >> the cycle was getting tiring! >> > >Last week's sunspot from the next cycle does indeed show the start of the >next cycle, but you won't see any real improvement until 2010 at the >earliest, maybe later. That was a single spot, later ones were still from >the last cycle. The sunspot number at the moment is zero, conditions >basically flat, yesterday's disturbance not caused by spots at all. Any >feeling that you had good conditions was just in the mind... > >73 Dave G3YMC > >-- >View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Elecraft-CW-Net-Report-for-January-13th---14th%2C-2008-tp14796062p14796484.html >Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [hidden email] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008
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----- Original Message ----- Kevin Rock <[hidden email]> wrote: >Conditions were better for the two nets today than they have been in some >time. The sun threw a coronal mass ejection at us which caused aurorae. The same improvement noticed here on 40m Sunday evening your time Kevin, although the 40m long paths into VK etc have held up surprisingly well during the past week or so and 15m has been open. Can anybody tell me if J5C is using K3s, their 40m SSB signal is now excellent after some sort of feedback problem was fixed. 73, Geoff GM4ESD _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008
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In reply to this post by Kevin Rock
Hi Geoff,
Conditions were wonderful on twenty meters this morning. I had a fifteen minute contact into Oklahoma which was the best it has been in quite some time. I have found through the sunspot minimum the sun is still very active, just not speckled! Those CMEs can do wonders for propagation after the initial problems induced by the stronger ones. Thank you Mr. Heaviside for all the work you did on your eponymous layer and for cleaning up the Maxwell equations! 73, Kevin. KD5ONS -----Original Message----- >From: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy <[hidden email]> >Sent: Jan 14, 2008 3:03 AM >To: Elecraft Discussion List <[hidden email]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 13th & 14th, 2008 > > >----- Original Message ----- >Kevin Rock <[hidden email]> wrote: > >>Conditions were better for the two nets today than they have been in some >>time. The sun threw a coronal mass ejection at us which caused aurorae. > >The same improvement noticed here on 40m Sunday evening your time Kevin, >although the 40m long paths into VK etc have held up surprisingly well >during the past week or so and 15m has been open. > >Can anybody tell me if J5C is using K3s, their 40m SSB signal is now >excellent after some sort of feedback problem was fixed. > >73, >Geoff >GM4ESD > > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [hidden email] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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